Water-heater or coffee-urn.



No. 738,187. P'ATENTED SEPT. 8, 1903'.

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WATER. HE'AYTERLAND- COFFEE URN.

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UNiTEn STATES Patented September 8, 1903 PATENT OFFICE.

lIOl/VARD F. HANKINS, OF PINE, COLORADO.

WATER-HEATER OR COFFEE-URN.

$EZQIFIQATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,187, dated September 8, 1903.

Application filed May 7,1903- $erial No, 155,982. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it Netty concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD F. HANKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pine, in the county of Jefierson and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vater-Heaters or Coffee- Urns; and 1 do hereby delare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to improvepipe b, which is formed integral with said vessel. This vessel is closed at the top a and at its inverted frusto'conical bottom (Z, and in connection with the cylindrical wall e a closed interior is provided. Through the central portion of this vessel is arranged a vertical pipe I), that projects above the top of the vessel and is provided with a valve or damper g, and said pipe also projects down ward,forming an extension to theinverted frusto-conical bottom, the lower end of which is fitted to the pipecollar of the stove. This central vertical pipe is formed with transverse corrugations h, which extend its entire length of that portion within the vessel, and the same is provided with a short pipe t', having a shut-off cock j, which short pipe communicates at its lower end 7; with the interior of the vessel, near the top thereof, while the opposite end has its outlet in the central pipe. Said pipe is further provided with L-shaped lugs Z Z, which have an eye through which passes a long rod n, having an L-shaped end 0 at its lower end and screw-threaded at its upper end to receive a nut 19, whereby the vessel is secured firmly in position upon an ordinary cooking stove or range, which will be further hereinafter explained.

Attached to the outside of the vessel is a faucet 1', which communicates with the interior of the vessel at a point where the vertical wall thereof joins the inverted frustoconical bottom aforesaid, and a water-gage s communicates at lower end with said faucet and held in place by a bracket 6.

The top of the vessel is provided with a small opening u having a cover u, and at the bottom of the vessel a water-pipe w is connected, having a shut-off cock at, and at' the top an outlet or distributing pipe is arranged, as shown at y.

It will be readily observed from the above description, whenv taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, that my device is designed to be used in dwellings having a forced water-supply and also those not provided with such a servicefor instance, in country districts. When forced water is used, the same enters the vessel through the pipe 20 and is heated and is distributed to the various rooms from the outlet-pipe at the top of the vessel. Otherwise the Water is poured by hand into the vessel through the opening in the top, the valve oqbeing closed, and of course there is no distribution, and in using the ve'ssel for a forced supply of'water the opening in the top would have to be closed tight. The vessel when attached to a stove is held firmly in position by means of the long rods, the lower end engaging the under side of the top of the stove and held firmly by the nutat the opposite end thereof.

The short pipe 1; provides an exhaust for the steam which enters the central or smoke pipe carrying out the soot, keeping the central vertical pipe clean and at the same time furnishing a better draft for the fire.

The corrugated central pipe provides not only a smoke-flue, but an excellent heatingsurface when the heat is passing up through it, thus heating the water or cofiee in the vessel, and the bottom of said tank or vessel being tapering or inverted frusto-conical bottom serves a twofold purposei. 6., that when the tank or vessel is low withwater there will always remain in this portion of the vessel sufficient water, as the water-line of this portion would bebelow the faucet and could not be drawn ed, and by the same or bottom tapering outward and upward more space is given to the top of a stove about the vessel. At the same time the top thereof can be used for keeping dishes warm, thus serving as a shelf.

It will be noticed that my inner central vertical pipe and tank are made in one piece and that the pipe being in the center the heat is nicely radiated and the water becomes hot in a very short time, and where large quantities of coffee are made the same will serve as an excellent urn therefor, and a device as herein described is simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture.

Having thus described my invention, what In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HOWARD F. HANKINS. Witnesses:

J. L. SPENCER, A. H. DAKE. 

